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The expositor

or, Many mysteries unravelled. Delineated in a series of letters, between a friend and his correspondent, comprising the learned pig, invisible lady and acoustic temple, philosophical swan, penetrating spy glasses, optical and magnetic, and various other curiosities on similar principles: also, a few of the most wonderful feats as performed by the art of legerdemain, with some reflections on ventriloquism

Also known as The expositor; or, Many mysteries unravelled. Delineated in a series of letters, between a friend and his correspondent, comprising the learned pig, invisible lady and acoustic temple, philosophical swan, penetrating spy glasses, optical and magnetic, and various other curiosities on similar principles: also, a few of the most wonderful feats as performed by the art of legerdemain, with some reflections on ventriloquism

by William Frederick Pinchbeck

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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100 p. : 19 cm

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subject metadata.

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or, Many mysteries unravelled. Delineated in a series of letters, between a friend and his correspondent, comprising the learned pig, invisible lady and acoustic temple, philosophical swan, penetrating spy glasses, optical and magnetic, and various other curiosities on similar principles: also, a few of the most wonderful feats as performed by the art of legerdemain, with some reflections on ventriloquism

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1805Boston : Printed for the author; Printed for the authorEnglish—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Scanner: scribe3.boston.archive.org
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openlibrary-work:OL15758785W
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